Feeds
Jun-25
- The URC Working Group will lead a transdisciplinary Workshop on “Urban Cultures” at the LYN_AUX Spring School in April 2026, dedicated to international European Cultural Studies, that will be co-organized by UNIA together with the Lyon 3 University and further partners.
- URC coordinating ISLA Institute will host the 25th Congress of Hispanists in Augsburg in March 2027 that will also commemorate the 50 years of the German Association of Hispanists and has become, since then, one of the most important international congresses for Hispanic studies worldwide.
- Brazilian Digital Culture Specialist Beiguelman (URC Director / USP) is showing a video installation at the grand “Movimentos Miméticos” exposition at the CCBB Banco do Brasil Cultural Center in São Paulo.
- Social Policy & Innovation Expert Fabiano Martucci (Augsburg) has joined the int. URC Team of Experts.
- The URC section’s program on transatlantic ‘Urban Care and Creation’ at the XVI. Lusitanistentag in Munich (Sep-25) was published by the DLV Organizing Committee.
May-25
- Application procedure for the second edition of the URC MA, starting in Oct-25.
- URC@Master’s Information Day for the Humanities and Social Sciences / UNIA (blended).
Apr-25
- URC Coordinating Institution ISLA will celebrate in April 2026 its 40th Anniversary as a dedicated interdisciplinary Institute for Iberian and Latin American Studies with an international conference on “Transatlantic Intermediate Worlds” in Augsburg.
Mar-25
- Active URC student participation in the FAPESP/BAYLAT co-funded ISLA-USP Workshop in São Paulo regarding linguistic, architectural, and sociocultural variety of metropolitan areas.
- Community Cultural Manager Cristian Coronel (CONTEMPO Foundation, Buenos Aires) has joined the int. URC Team of Experts.
- URC Expert Titus Bernhard (Augsburg) held a lecture on “Architecture in Urban Context” at the prestigious Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism, and Design of the University of São Paulo (FAU-USP) in the context of the URC Panel on ‘Urban Architextures.’
- International URC Webinar.
Feb-25
- As an extension and legacy of the international IN SITU Horizon Europe Project, coordinated by URC Expert Nancy Duxbury (Coimbra), the EU Rural Pact Community Group on “Culture and Creativity in Rural Areas”, proposed by URC Institutional Partner CES and the European Network of Cultural Centers, has officially been launched.
Jan-25
- Renown French political scientist Emmanuel Négrier (University of Montpellier) has become new member of the international URC Advisory Board.
- Augsburg’s executive City Councilor for Culture, Heritage, and Sports, Jürgen K. Enninger, discussed with URC students actual urban cultural resilience and policy issues as part of his Urban Methods Lecture.
Dec-24
- Brazilian urbanist Renato Cymbalista (URC Director / USP) considered challenges and chances of participative urban creation processes together with architects, cultural scientists, and URC students at Augsburg’s Martini Park.
Nov-24
- The eminent Cidade da Cultura (Santiago de Compostela) has joined the int. URC Stakeholder Network.
- The Call for the FAPESP/BAYLAT Workshop in São Paulo (Mar-25) regarding Urban Polyphony etc. was published by the ISLA Institute et al.
- Claudino Ferreira (URC Director / UC) et al. organized the international CULTURS Conference at the CES Centre for Social Studies in Coimbra.
- Renato Cymbalista (URC Director / USP) inaugurated the TERRA PROPÓSITO exhibition at the Department of Architecture (DARQ) of the University of Coimbra.
- I. Annual International URC Master’s Day (hybrid).
Oct-24
- The first intake of the URC Master started in Augsburg with an international cohort of talents from Latin America and Europe.
Sep-24
- Former Minister of Public Management of the City of Buenos Aires, Robert V. Cortina, has joined the int. URC Team of Experts.
- URC Director (USAL) and Royal Galician Academy Member María Rosa Lojo has become member of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences of Buenos Aires.
Aug-24
- The ISLA Institute and its URC Working Group received important FAPESP/BAYLAT funding, together with their institutional Brazilian partners, for joint workshops etc. in São Paulo and Augsburg regarding transdisciplinary urban-cultural matters.
Jun-24
- The world-renowned AEDES Architecture Forum (Berlin) has joined the int. URC Stakeholder Network.
May-24
- Application procedure for the first edition of the URC MA, starting in Oct-24.
Apr-24
- Multi-Award-Winning Architect Titus Bernhard (Augsburg) has joined the int. URC Team of Experts.
Mar-24
- Cultural Managers Nico Degenkolb (Goethe Institute, Munich) and Nicolás Barderi (De Fierro Agency, Buenos Aires) have joined the int. URC Team of Experts.
Nov-23
- URC organized together with the Centre for Social Studies (CES) of the University of Coimbra a workshop with British urbanist and URC Advisor Charles Landry at the Faculty of Economics.
Sep-23
- International URC Lab dedicated to “Urban Cultures Of Transformation: Sustainability, Creativity, And Innovation” in Buenos Aires.
Jan-23
- International URC Stakeholder Conference on “Urban Cultures of Participation” in Augsburg.